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The BBC are reporting that young performers in London’s New Years Day parade have been stuck in the UK for the past couple of days because of errors in the names on their airline tickets. (Tickets, who has tickets?) Bearing in mind that they arrived in the UK from Panama without problem, it does seem…

Promotion towards elite levels with Virgin Atlantic requires the securing of Tier Points. The new relationship with Delta offers some interesting options. Unlike the tie-up with Singapore, you have to travel over 3,000 miles with Delta, on a single flight, to earn the enhanced Tier Points. Some options I located are (I could add their…

With Delta increasing it’s prices on 1 March 2013, and the USAirways / American Airlines merger announced, I thought I would have a look at comparison of costs for membership of their airport clubs. Many elite members of non-US based airlines get in to the clubs either when they are travelling internationally the same day,…

Book by 5 December. Travel by 11 January 2013. London to JFK, for £1293, with availability on the LCY service and some AA Codeshare flights. BA Exec Club Earnings – 420 Tier Points earned if you use LCY service, 280 otherwise. Toronto £1474 Johannesburg £2119 Seoul £1991 Same fares found on Air Canada, Air…

It seems that a number of airlines are matching some very good fares published by Air France and Delta from Dublin to the USA. They seem to run out on 2 September. Prices may be a little more than shown, but the weak Euro helps, I got a trip to SFO for about £1204 incl…

It seems as if other airlines have moved to match the BA sale fare I reported yesterday. For example United has a fare from LHR to SFO of £997.10 (a few pounds cheaper than BA) for Business class! Books in Z class (or A for the domestics) When booking on the UA web site be…

I have a confession – I like JFK airport. I know, I know, you all say that I should go and lie down in a dark room. My liking is based on two things – the fond affection I have for the BA/United terminal from the days when United used to fly there three times…